Regional Platform for the Empowerment of Rural Women

The CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Gender Equality and Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment: An illustration
15/07/2026

The CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Gender Equality and Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment in the Context of Food Security and Nutrition (VG-GEWGE) provide...

More shade for more cocoa in Côte d'Ivoire
08/07/2026

In Côte d'Ivoire, cocoa farmers are restoring degraded land and building resilience to climate change through agroforestry. Sylvie Sopie N'Gbesso doubled...

International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026
23/04/2025

The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2026 as the International Year of the Woman Farmer. This observance represents a key opportunity to...

Rural women transforming haute cuisine in the Dominican Republic
07/03/2025

With the support of FAO, the social protection program Supérate, and Chef Saverio Stassi, a group of Dominican rural women take part in preparing seven-course...

"Women’s Heritage – Nurturing Roots”
14/07/2024

The third instalment of the video series, "Women’s Heritage – Nurturing Roots”, pays homage to the rich cultural heritage and food traditions embedded...

The Unjust Climate
05/03/2024

FAO has produced a groundbreaking report, The Unjust Climate, that combines socioeconomic data from over 109,000 rural households across 24 countries...